MUMBAI: Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalogue division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan Trouble No More with The Bootleg Series Volume 13 / 1979-1981 on 3 November .
The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy's highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series showcases the music Dylan wrote and performed during one of the most surprising, controversial and inspired periods of his career.
As the 1970s ended and the 1980s began, Dylan responded to the changing of the decades with a three album trilogy- which is the Slow Train Coming (1979), Saved (1980) and Shot of Love (1981) of spirit filled songs of praise, worship and devotion. These songs were as deeply personal and packed with poetics as any Dylan had ever written, but the force of conviction and power of faith evident in these performances baffled segments of Dylan's fan base which is just as Dylan's "going electric" had alienated folk purists in 1965).
The previous two volumes in Columbia and Legacy's Bob Dylan Bootleg Series each took home the Best Historical Album Grammy Award for its respective eligibility year: Bob Dylan’s The Cutting Edge 1965-1966, The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 in 2017 and Bob Dylan’s The Basement Tapes Complete, The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 in 2016.
The live concerts from this crucial epoch in Dylan's history contain some of the most intensely jubilant and transcendent performances of his career. Bob Dylan’s Trouble No More and The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981 offers fans and music lovers the opportunity to fully experience for the first time this extraordinary chapter in Bob Dylan's musical journey.
The deluxe box set includes a hardcover book featuring an introduction by Dylan scholar Ben Rollins with liner notes by Amanda Petrusich, Rob Bowman and Penn Jillette.
Available exclusively on the deluxe box set is a DVD which includes Trouble No More which is a musical film,a new feature-length cinematic presentation combining unreleased footage from Dylan's 1980 tours with new material written by Luc Sante and performed by Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon. Directed by Jennifer Lebeau, Trouble No More has been selected to premiere at the prestigious 2017 New York Film Festival. Bonus extras on the box set's exclusive DVD include a rare performance of Shot of Love from Avignon 1981 and more.